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i'm going to be talking about with members of congress but also to erskine bowles and alan simpson there. will he talk with some top economist about some of the choices facing those policymakers, but right now we are joined by one of the principals in the conversation to take place over at the white house in just about an hour or so, and that is gene sperling, the director of the national economic council. so i will invite him out there on the stage. so if gene sperling could join us. [applause] >> so, thanks it to you will time out before this big meeting at 10:15. appreciated. >> since pete peterson has always stood for bipartisan cooperation, he must have magically known to time today's meeting with what's happening at the white house today. >> share with our audience your view if you can't in how this is going to play a. will president obama walk in the room at 10:15 and put a plan on the table and suggest to speaker boehner this is my plan, take it or leave a? >> i don't think that's the spirit of compromise or cooperation that he will need to reach the title bipartisan budget agree
i'm going to be talking about with members of congress but also to erskine bowles and alan simpson there. will he talk with some top economist about some of the choices facing those policymakers, but right now we are joined by one of the principals in the conversation to take place over at the white house in just about an hour or so, and that is gene sperling, the director of the national economic council. so i will invite him out there on the stage. so if gene sperling could join us....
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it seems to me that once they are on their way out the door and alan simpson is a great example they say all the right things when they are in or continuing to run olympia snowe is another great example what would you suggest that we do as a public or others do to encourage politicians who are in office to do the right thing because it is the right thing to do? >> i'm curious because you have done so much work on that question and then what ever you want to say before. and i guess we are supposed to -- are we close or past the time? good. >> we have lots of time. we have many fascinating questions pending that haven't been answered. let me try to run through a couple of them. eliza, the conservative wing is now the party. it's been embraced by the party. its agenda has been embraced by the leadership. the chairman of the budget committee paul ryan is the architect of that agenda which would make every tea party very happy so that it's an distinguishable, and they know why way provide coverage for all the moderates who want to do the right thing. i don't think these said people exist
it seems to me that once they are on their way out the door and alan simpson is a great example they say all the right things when they are in or continuing to run olympia snowe is another great example what would you suggest that we do as a public or others do to encourage politicians who are in office to do the right thing because it is the right thing to do? >> i'm curious because you have done so much work on that question and then what ever you want to say before. and i guess we are...
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mainly through the good work of erskine bowles and alan simpson. but hard work that was put into this bite 18 members, evenly divided among house and senate, democrats and republicans. the 11th of us voted for the final work product, and then i was invited to join the gang of six to try to continue the conversation from simpson-bowles. it expanded to the gang of eight and the conversation continues as well. it's been going on for to the use. -- for two years. it was an effort to set across the table, very conservative senators, to really talk through not just the reality but the political reality of the deficit which i think we have to be more sensitive to if we are looking for an honest solution. along the way, some of my friends on the left, the progressive community came to visit. i recall one in particular. a labour leader who said what is a nice progressive like you doing in a place like that? why are you hanging around with those people? you just know that they are up to no good and they aren't going to do the things that you have been electe
mainly through the good work of erskine bowles and alan simpson. but hard work that was put into this bite 18 members, evenly divided among house and senate, democrats and republicans. the 11th of us voted for the final work product, and then i was invited to join the gang of six to try to continue the conversation from simpson-bowles. it expanded to the gang of eight and the conversation continues as well. it's been going on for to the use. -- for two years. it was an effort to set across the...
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i'm engaged in a project which is a bipartisan led by alan simpson and a democrat from north carolina to find a bipartisan solution to the deficit and with the proposed and eliminating the loopholes, deductions and exemptions and actually reducing the rates that are taking 8% of the revenues that generated by the process and putting it event begins to the debt that is proven and responsible, nobody wants to raise liked simpson-bowles will be likely to solve the problem and i think what we will end up with is a fair tax system and lower rates across the board and more fairly distributed among our people >> moderator: mr. what's? woods: it has a common sense, it's not, and arithmetic, they're have to be revenue and cuts. i appreciate secretaries and was talking on this issue but for some reason grover norquist pledged he's not even allowed to talk about revenue even if we believe in his heart, even if we showed him a spread sheet to show a sign a pledge. >> if you are down in the polls. >> it doesn't just finish here, cynthia. there has to be tax reform, corporate tax rates should be ad
i'm engaged in a project which is a bipartisan led by alan simpson and a democrat from north carolina to find a bipartisan solution to the deficit and with the proposed and eliminating the loopholes, deductions and exemptions and actually reducing the rates that are taking 8% of the revenues that generated by the process and putting it event begins to the debt that is proven and responsible, nobody wants to raise liked simpson-bowles will be likely to solve the problem and i think what we will...
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if you get clarion calls coming from people like chuck hegel and alan simpson and dick lugar and jack danforth, not just from us, that ought to shake people up about where we are and where we are going. what we hope would happen, happened with the degree of penetration that astounded us from the washington post before the book was all that credibility we had built up with get out there and resonates with people that this is not just a couple people from one end of the spectrum saying it is all the fault of people at the other an end. this is not 100% the fault of one party. there's plenty of blame to go around in a lot of ways that this is the case of a system that has grown in dysfunction as one party has become an insurgent out liar and it needs not to disappear, it needs not to become soak your that it moves to irrelevancy, and assist with plenty of imperfection and worked to solve short and long term problems to create legitimacy. >> two things i want to say before i introduce, to talk about this book, we believe democrats moved to the 40 odd line to the 25 yard line, they move to
if you get clarion calls coming from people like chuck hegel and alan simpson and dick lugar and jack danforth, not just from us, that ought to shake people up about where we are and where we are going. what we hope would happen, happened with the degree of penetration that astounded us from the washington post before the book was all that credibility we had built up with get out there and resonates with people that this is not just a couple people from one end of the spectrum saying it is all...
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i believe alan sims, -- simpson, his personal issue is taxes should be increased for everyone and stay that way. are there any current significance, politicians that are actually in power now that are promoting that you? is that clear? >> well, there aren't any. so we can move on. >> stephanie, together questions because when i mentioned greece i wasn't referring to the u.s. becoming greece come in the way we often hear that we're becoming the next greece and its use to create hysteria force people to start thinking about ways to reduce deficits and bring down the debt and so forth. but i was referring to is that we've seen what the impacts of austerity look like an and it would be rather foolish, knowing what we now. to go hitting implement the same sorts of policies here when the economic conditions call for something exactly the opposite, entirely different. we need pro-growth. were not going to cut our way to austerity. austerity is not the way to go. i'm hoping actually that we are going to get a chance to get the formal talks and in i can do some more. >> we have one more questio
i believe alan sims, -- simpson, his personal issue is taxes should be increased for everyone and stay that way. are there any current significance, politicians that are actually in power now that are promoting that you? is that clear? >> well, there aren't any. so we can move on. >> stephanie, together questions because when i mentioned greece i wasn't referring to the u.s. becoming greece come in the way we often hear that we're becoming the next greece and its use to create...